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Wonder what happens in that weird #whitenoise section? I braved the insanity to bring you an overview of the laughable rumors, pancake fanboys, and something about a leggy dude in a dress. (Don’t worry, the picture’s hidden behind another link.) I say that #whitenoise is insane, but really it’s a blast. There are silly commenters…
In this week’s porn-free app roundup: Expensive instant messaging apps, humbled! Cars, leered at! Zombies, organically defeated! Enigmatic Japanese game developers, being enigmatic! The sun, closely monitored! Malls, fearlessly navigated! And more… This Week’s Apps If you’d like to view the following gallery as a single page, click here https://gizmodo.com/iphone-apps-5476068 This Week’s App News on…
In today’s Remainders: a celebration. Photoshop turns 20 and reminds us why we love it with laser-eyed babies and an Earth with AT-ATs. We’ve also got possible iPad preorders, definite MobileMe and Chromium OS improvements, PMA bummers and more. RIP PMA Pentax is the latest manufacturer to bail from PMA, joining Canon and Leica who…
Twenty years ago today, Adobe Photoshop 1.0 was released. And it changed the world as we saw it. Because it literally edited our vision. Click on the image to see the high definition timeline Photoshop is the invisible hand that touches everything around us. From advertising and commercials to the front page of magazines and…
If you have an old 8-track player you’ve been holding onto and feel like leapfrogging a few generations of music media altogether, here’s a handy guide on turning that old piece of junk into a shiny new iPod dock. So you’re ready to upgrade from 8-tracks to 8000 MP3s, but you want to keep your…
Talking to the WSJ about the new Motorola, CEO Sanjay Jha had some interesting stuff to say. Like, if Motorola wasn’t poor, they’d develop their own OS. And now that Windows Phone doesn’t suck, they’re open to using it again. Motorola has been balls-out Android since its resurrection—when Windows Mobile ran into delays, Jha killed…
Click to viewThis is Nathan. While the rest of you were off being giddy about playing as Big Daddy in Bioshock 2, Nathan was building himself a costume that lets him play as Big Sister in real life. Now that’s commitment. It’s the designer’s second Bioshock costume: two years ago he made a similarly impressive…
Everybody in this photo: Jared Cohen, US State Department; Dave Morin, Facebook; John Cusack; Dean Kamen; Bill Gates; Arianna Huffington; Michael Shermer, Skeptic Magazine; and (sorta) Xeni Jardin, BoingBoing. So, uh, you guys tell us what’s going on here. [BoingBoing]
Cars.com: Leafing through a grimy copy of AutoTrader while you’re waiting for an oil change is one of America’s great pastimes. Cars.com lets you replicate the endless process of lusting after cars you can’t afford, and feeling smug satisfaction of ignoring over used cars that you can afford, with a free iPhone app. Some App…
Comcast—aka Xfinity—has launched an online backup service called Secure Backup & Share. Current high-speed internet customers will get 2GB of storage for free, upgradeable up to 200GB for $100/year. But hey wait—didn’t Comcast desperately need to cap data? https://gizmodo.com/comcast-rebrands-itself-as-xfinity-seriously-thats-5463652 The service comes via a partnership with Mozy, with plans including the aforementioned free 2GB, a…
Photoshop 1.0 is old—20 years old to be exact—but it looks brand-spanking-new and fan-freakin’-tastic on an iPhone. Forget the newest version of the image editing software, because after seeing this teasing demo, you’d be happy with 1.0. This demo is all we’re getting for now as the app was only made available to about 50…
You can thank our friends over at Jalopnik for creating this masterpiece. It goes fast because it’s not being slowed down by the inefficiencies of Flash! https://jalopnik.com/no-steve-jobs-does-not-ride-an-ipad-5475715
Many of you have asked about this week’s iMac Update. I have not forgotten; I’m just still collecting fresh data since the production freeze and subsequent restart. Expect a big update with reliable information early next week. (And tip [email protected]!)
Thank goodness it’s Dealsday. Well, I guess every day here is Deals day, but that doesn’t make today’s savings on a 58″ Samsung TV / Blu-ray combo or a Dell XPS 8000 with full Star Trek package any less enticing. Top Deals: • 58″ Samsung PN58B560 1080p 600Hz Plasma TV, plus Panasonic DMP-BD60 Blu-ray Player…
Meaning, awesome. This Sunday, tune in to HBO for the second episode of How To Make It In America, a show about two 20-somethings hustling to make it in the downtown NYC scene. Just like you. Check out the trailer! How To Make It In America focuses on the urban adventures of Ben (Bryan Greenberg),…
Crestron is one of the biggest names behind home automation. They’ve already released an iPhone app, allowing you to control your “AV systems, lighting, shades, room temperatures and more” from your phone. Now that app is coming to the iPad. https://gizmodo.com/iphone-the-home-automation-remote-killer-5045658 Just like with the iPhone version, iPad users will be able to interact with…
Yesterday we got excited over news that Avatar would be coming to 3D Blu-ray before the end of this year, but Fox wrote in to inform us that otherwise: https://gizmodo.com/avatar-coming-to-3d-blu-ray-this-november-updated-or-n-5475243 3D is in the conceptual stage and Avatar will not be out on 3D Blu-ray in November. Guess that means a liveblog is out of…
The robots that scrub the decks on the USS Freedom? They’re just simple Roombas. The three bots go by the names Scooba Stevens, Chief Miles O’Brien, and ITSN Unger, referencing Big Daddy, Star Trek and The Odd Couple, respectively. Very cute, but little do we know, DARPA charges us like $250,000 after slapping on a…
Barcelona’s Mobile World Congress came and went, and didn’t amount to much in the way of US cellphones. The rest of the world got some seriously nice gear, though. Here’s the best of the best of the out of reach. HTC Legend https://gizmodo.com/the-htc-legend-traps-android-2-1-in-unibody-aluminum-5472640 Why You Want It: It’s like an HTC Hero, except with Android…
After testing a banana tech snowboard last year, Lib/Gnu sent me this Danny Kass banana board. With C2BTX technology, the tips are turned down a bit to help with pop. I love it. You should take it off my hands. We can’t keep gear we test and they don’t want it back. But also, I…
